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Alternatives to email in the public cloud

Article By Sonian

Cloud-based email solutions bring many advantages to companies that traditional services do not. However, many have begun to turn to alternatives to the public cloud due to increasing security concerns.

Writing for ZDNet, Phil Van Etten, CEO of Azaleos, said that the public cloud offers little to no control over the technology infrastructure. He also stated that the public cloud model comes with many hidden costs for email archiving and mobile device support. He offers up four alternatives to the public cloud, including the physically dedicated private cloud, the virtually dedicated private cloud and the hybrid cloud.